“The best advice I ever got was to think from first principle” Elon Musk says, in this video.
Larry Ellison, major Tesla shareholder, previously a member of the Tesla board and one of the richest and most successful people in the world. He uses first principle reasoning. Lee Kuan Yew arguably is one of the most successful persons in the world ever. He used first principles thinking.
Learn from the masters about the application of first principle thinking to solve problems.
Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime minister of Singapore explains how he transformed the city-state using first principle reasoning and also cites Deng Xiaoping, whom he knew, as reasoning with first principle logic.
In December 2018, Ellison not only invested $1bn in Tesla stock, but also was elected to the Board. Ellison was even one of Musk’s backers in his purchase of Twitter, putting up $1 billion. He is a long time friend of Elon and major Tesla shareholder. Both of them advocate first principle thinking.
